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Abitare 570

Interior design: Thomas Heatherwick, Herzog & de Meuron, Jean Nouvel. At the newsstands from December 1st

The new issue of Abitare is on the newsstands from December 1st. It focuses on the theme that seems to be yielding the most interesting results in interior design today: the interpretation of the relationship with the world outside. Whether it is a school on the outskirts of Milan, intended to become a point of reference for an entire community, a Chilean house in the deep forests of Araucanía interwoven with the vegetation or a Canadian chalet looking out onto the panorama of Ontario, what governs the quality of the spaces, their arrangement and their organization is the environment in which they are located. The fundamental variable that has the power to bestow meaning on the whole of the project.

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Abitare 570 content

“The Museum is an Arab Agora”by Sara Banti
These are the words of Jean Nouvel, who has designed the Louvre
Abu Dhabi as a brilliant white medina surmounted by an artificial sky that tempers the climate and the light. It is an extraordinary invention that corresponds to a new idea of culture and museums, based on the crossover and circulation of knowledge

A Zig-zag in the Forestby Fabrizio Gallanti, photos by Felipe Díaz ContardoIn searching for a more intimate relationship with vegetation and the natural world, the Chilean architect Sebastián Irarrázaval uses the delicate inter-lacing of wood to give substance to unusual forms of a house that “puts out branches” into the forest, tracing a complex diagram of routes on several levels that are also respectful of nature

Manifesto of the New Chaletby Martina Landsberger, photos by Shai GilA detached house for a family of five in the woods of Ontario, Canada, has given its designer the opportunity to propose a more linear and rigorous version of a local type of building. There is also an attempt to overturn the usual arrangement of rooms that form the common spaces and move them to the upper floor, from where there is a magnificent view

A Tower Like a Toyby Stephen ZacksThe new luxury residential tower block designed by Herzog & de Meuron in New York’s Tribeca district, which has something vaguely reminiscent of a children’s game about it, skilfully satisfies the complex system of rules governing the city’s property market

The Appeal of the Siloby Giuseppe PullaraCape Town and Copenhagen have recently seen the opening of a museum and a residential complex that have been created through the transformation of two large concrete structures for the storage of grain. These spectacular projects by Studio Heatherwick and COBE indicate a new tendency in terms of the reutilization of industrial archaeology

Best Practice in Classby Gabriele Pasqui, photos by Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco CappellettiThe classrooms and open spaces of a school can be a resource for not just its pupils but also the entire neighbourhood. A community hub can be created that is always open for learning and socializing. An example is the new and versatile complex designed by the Consalez Rossi studio with Enrico Scaramellini, in the hinterland of Milan. The real challenge now is to make it work

The Nature and Light of the Northby Marco Sammicheli, photos by Ed ReeveThe headquarters of the Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat has been given a complete makeover by Sevil Peach, who sought inspiration in the very elements that have always been at the heart of the design of the company’s celebrated fabrics

Living in a Kaleidoscope in Tokyoby Alice Piciocchi, photos by Kazuyasu KochiThrough a colourful interplay of geometries and intersections, Kochi Architect’s Studio has created a multifaceted, layered and hyperconnected domestic setting within a compressed space

The Art of Contrastby Alice Piciocchi, photos by Peppe MaistoWith tightly focused projects and a limited budget, the young Sicilian architects of Analogique are turning pre-established ways of handling space around and outlining a new stylistic vocabulary

Boldness of Formby Knud WalterIn New York, an exhibition and a documentary reflect on the experience of Radical Design, on its pervasive and contagious influence and on its still vital and powerful legacy

The Sense of Luxuryby Marco SammicheliThe Milanese studio M2Atelier uses a new form of language and sophisticated research outputs in order to meet the needs of clients from all over the world

High-Fidelity Designcurated by Mia Pizzi, texts by Irene GuzmanThey combine the most sophisticated technologies with complex research into form and function. Listening devices (be they headsets, radios or speakers) are becoming an increasingly attractive field for designers

Chromatic Harmoniesby Sara BantiIn Rome the Hermès Christmas pop-up store designed by Park is devoted to a curious combination of silk and vinyl

The new issue of Abitare is on the newsstands from January 12. It presents...

11 January 2018

Founded in 1961 by Piera Peroni Abitare magazine has crossed the history of costume, architecture and design, international, following in its pages the evolution of our ways of life and how we inhabit places